Srinagar, Jan. 29 -- On the contrary, more than 60 percent of 5th standard students studying in private schools of Jammu and Kashmir can read text level of second class.

The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), survey while assessing the learning 'recovery' since COVID in reading and arithmetic has revealed that "In government schools of Jammu and Kashmir, 18.1 percent of 5th standard students were able to read text of 2nd class level in 2022. However, in the year 2024, only 21.8 percent 5th standard students of government schools were able to read the text of 2nd class."

The report states that there was an improvement of 3.7 percent in reading from 2022-2024 in government schools According to news agency KNO.

The study fur...